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No idea if Grok dreamt that, scary if so. I did wonder about why others did not pick this up and was giving cred to Grok for being the only one who. I might try to did a bit.
I dug. Seems real. Here's a link to cited podcast https://www.climateone.org/audio/population-bomb-50-years-later-conversation-paul-ehrlich
Totally agree on tour points about falling into their world view. I guess we all do it, it's easy and natural. It's just such a sad world view. I'm thankful that I have a world view of being mostly positive and am a Christian which defines how I see things.
If I had been, it would have made sense and I'd be fine with it. We were neutral. I'm not smart, but I have enough sense than to stroll through Duke in Carolina gear! 😀
I once strolled through Duke's campus holding my girlfriend's hand. Some twerp decided to toss water balloons at us out the window of one of those (fake) Gothic dorms. I can't get past that. Boo on Duke.
I watched the game. The USA offense/hitters were terrible given the starting pitcher for Venezuela seemed very hittable. I will say I'm happy for Venezuela. I think it meant a lot to them to win.
Great article on this bet at https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/23/magazine/l-betting-the-planet-503390.html (I couldn't find a non-subscription, no paywall version, sorry.)
I read this back in college. Didn't know it at the time, but looking back in pretty sure it was one of those formative things in my life that helped make me me, shaped the way I see how the world works and how people view life.
Yesterday, I went to the doctor. Prominently displayed was a "Bitcoin preferred" sign and they used a snazzy little Square point of sale device. Nice to see that sort of thing in the wild.
I'm skeptical. Of course nuclear energy is a way the US should go. It's one of the cleanest, cheapest, stable energies there is. (Just don't melt down!). But...
- Democrats in favor of nuclear energy? Hmm.
- Illinois has a long and storied legacy of corruption.
Something doesn't smell right.
I'm sure the suppliers are lining up, can't wait to ink deals to be the exclusive free wholesale supplier. Probably building new warehouses just for this purpose.
Nice. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks old cemeteries are interesting places. I've said that a time or two to people and their expression, though polite, suggests to me they think I'm a weirdo.
I was at one in Plymouth, Mass (I think it was) with many 1600s grave markers. One stuck out to me: it was very small and the born/died dates were only days apart, or maybe even the same day. I know that was more common then, and parents might have been more accustomed to it, but those parents loved that child enough to give a "proper burial" and headstone. Unfortunately I can't find the image.
At another remote cemetery (different area altogether), on a small island that had a cove of inhabitants for a while, two pics:
Inspired me to write this: #1432455
Love this type of thing on SN 'cause it makes me think about lots of things from a lot of different angles.
to learn what bots want.
Economics - looking at things with the eye of a market. Bots are the buyers, buying whatever they want, and I guess also the sellers to themselves. We humans can be the sellers too to whatever they want. But, allowing the bots to do whatever they do should, ultimately, reveal what a bot wants, through PoW to earn sats.
I am not a boid.
Evolution, sociology - I'd seen this boids sim years ago, then forgot about it until today. Illustrates how animals survive in the wild. Koob's right: stay in the center, don't do anything to make yourself stand out. Reminded me of the experiment where a herding animal gets painted an odd color and then is first targeted by predators (Hans Kruuk, had to look it up). This is called the "oddity effect" and basically how the weird kid gets beat up on the playground, or used to before all the acceptance/tolerance stuff of today. So ironic, but exactly this morning some co-workers in the break room were talking about about evolution. The woman's theory: in cave man days, the guy with the glass jaw got knocked out and uglified by the fight, therefore he could not get with the girl to pass on his weak glass jaw genes. Makes sense (and I'm not even an "evolution person", but makes sense).
We, the internet's natives,
Tech - I've never thought of it like this, but yes, we humans are the internet's indigenous natives. Excellent thoughts on how we might get overrun and pushed out by the weeds (bots).
Probably more to think on here, I'll let it brew.
This.